This is a memoir about being in your twenties, and all the foibles, misadventures, and heartbreak that accompany those years. Looking back on a time period that is hauntingly near to him, Taylor delves into relationships he's had that have left him bruised, broken and oft times calloused and caustic, whilst exploring the trials of being broke, rudderless and confused with adulthood. Everyone has seen or read a love story; this is not a love story. This is a story of quasi love, of unrequited feelings and spurned advances. Despite the afflictions and sorrow, the story is told in a humorous and...

Rare is the memoir that reaches past the boundaries of the author's own mind and connects readers with the mind of the past. Church's second offering does so with delicate flashes of poignancy, bolstered by vivid images of haunted places and forgotten people. In these pages the often distant and inaccessible dreamscape of the Holocaust is brought home with striking intimacy. Church's firsthand experiences with that dark history, wrought in vulnerable honesty, are only strengthened by his considerable talent for strong prose.'Return Not Desired' is an essential volume for anyone seeking an...